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Members of the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Dyess AFB, Tex., in February 2013 learned "hot pit" refueling of the B-1 bomber from their counterparts at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., announced Dyess officials, Feb. 28, 2013. During hot pit refueling, maintainers refuel an aircraft while the aircrew remains inside the cockpit and the engines remain running. This procedure is said to decrease the time it takes to re-launch an aircraft and be less stressful on the airframe. Here, one of Dyess' B-1s undergoes hot pit refueling, Feb. 22, 2013.